Unisex name · since 1973
Edel
Edel has 503 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,875 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,544 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 503
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
503 babies have been named Edel since 1973, making it today's #6544 unisex name.
Edel has 503 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6544 as of the latest data, more common than 53% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #7,875 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,544 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 503 born since 1973
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edel ranks #7,875 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,544 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 503 born since 1973, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,875 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,544 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 503
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Edel's 503 recorded births place it above 82.67% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Edel compares
503 Top 44% higher than 56% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Edel's all-time total is 36% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Edel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 503 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 34 | 22,252 |
Edel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Edel splits its recorded history at 2004: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Edel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Edel popularity over time - girls
53 total births recorded since 1906 (Edel as girls' name)
Edel by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (164 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Edel's strongest decade.
164 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Edel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 43
1980s
43 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
- 2000s
2000s
164 births
- 2010s
2010s
134 births
- 2020s
2020s
73 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 164 births (33% of all-time use).
How Edel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Edel's total volume
Edel by state
Where Edel concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 34 | 6.8% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 2.0% |
34 of 503 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Edel's data
- Edel's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (164 total births) through the 2020s (73) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Edels (34 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Edel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Edel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.